Notices by Chris Vannini (chrisvannini@mstdn.social), page 2

FAU basketball is in the Sweet 16 for the first time. Herman showed up at bball games this spring and bought food for students.

"He’s probably working 16-hour days but goes out of his way to do things to help us grow our fan base," AD Brian White said. https://theathletic.com/4326413/2023/03/20/fau-tom-herman-coaching-career/

Tom Herman sees FAU like UCF 10-20 years ago. A prime location, an aligned administration and a vision.

A new football building opened in 2020 and the Owls will join the AAC this year.

"This place has all the ingredients. It’s an up-and-coming product." https://theathletic.com/4326413/2023/03/20/fau-tom-herman-coaching-career/

Tom Herman rides a scooter to work right now. He’s less than two miles from the beach.

Herman is back in college football as ⁦@FAUFootball⁩ head coach.

After an eventful four years at Texas and two years away, he’s finally the underdog again: https://theathletic.com/4326413/2023/03/20/fau-tom-herman-coaching-career/?source=emp_shared_article

One NCAA Tournament weekend in the books.

Sweet 16 teams by conference

SEC: 3
Big East: 3
Big 12: 2
ACC: 1
Big Ten: 1
Pac-12: 1
AAC: 1
Mountain West: 1
WCC: 1
Conference USA: 1
Ivy League: 1

TCU was down 7, hit a 3 with five seconds left to pull within 4, then fouled with 0.7 seconds left.

Gonzaga hit two free throws to go up 6.

TCU rolled the ball down the court, picked it up and hit a 3 at the buzzer to cover +4.5.

An all-time bad beat (or cover) for some.

TCU COVERS +4.5 AT THE BUZZER

WOW. 8-seed Ole Miss beats the 1-seed Stanford women at Stanford in the second round.

The last time a Big Ten team other than Michigan, Michigan State or Purdue made the Sweet 16 was 2017 (Wisconsin).

UM, MSU and PU have 11 appearances in that span.

Indiana gave up 46 points in the paint, 29 second-chance points, 20 offensive rebounds and scored 0 bench points against Miami. Yuck.

Two of these teams will be in the Final Four

Alabama
San Diego State
Creighton
Princeton
Tennessee
FAU
Kansas State
Michigan State

Goodnight Indiana. Wow

The hottest new thing in basketball is football.
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RT @CoachDanCasey
Florida Atlantic running Mesh!
https://twitter.com/CoachDanCasey/status/1637640681765076992

Johnell Davis is a Dude
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RT @John_Fanta
From FOX Sports Research: FAU's Johnell Davis is the first player in NCAA Tournament history to record a game of 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals.

A fitting performance by the sophomore, who just booked his Owls for a Thursday night show at MSG in the Sweet 16.
https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1637639267999678464

FAU's trying cool dunks at the buzzer and swearing in the post-game interview. This is America's team.
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RT @mikegolicjr
stop hating on this kid for trying to give us all a cool dunk at the end of the game. nobody died.
https://twitter.com/mikegolicjr/status/1637638593207492608

#FAU fans, even more good news... I have a story on Tom Herman and FAU football coming tomorrow.

They beat FDU but FAU is an awesome mid-major team you should root for moving forward.

33 wins this season, underseeded by the committee, their second NCAA Tournament appearance ever, first ever NCAAT wins.

Tennessee vs. FAU, their athletic directors Danny White and Brian White are brothers.

Also two places where Lane Kiffin coached.

The guy from The Staircase:
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RT @RobertONeill31
my god, the owls
https://twitter.com/RobertONeill31/status/1637636041468198918

You cannot rest for a second against FDU. They're just relentless.